Mt. Pleasant News

WASHINGTON ? Class 4A?s No. 10 Washington wrapped up Southeast Conference play with a sweep of rival Mt. Pleasant on Thursday night, leaving itself in contention for the league title.?It was big,? Washington head coach Angie Shrader said of Thursday?s sweep. ?It was a must-win situation for us. I told the girls before the game started that we could still put ourselves in a situation to be conference champions or ...

New London 15Holy Trinity 3The Tigers scored four runs in the first inning and Holy Trinity came back with three runs of their own in the bottom of the frame, but the contest wasn?t close for long. New London put the game away with an 11-run second inning while pitcher Bria Mears and the defense stopped the Crusaders from scoring again in the three-inning game. Mediapolis 12WACO 0Aided by a few WACO ...

WINFIELD ? On a day that reached 96 degrees, Amanda Darbyshire wasn?t looking for much more from her team.?For as hot as it was, they really worked hard,? Darbyshire, the Winfield-Mt. Union softball coach, said.The Wolves dropped their contest against Lone Tree, 2-0, but not for lack of effort.?It was good defense by both teams, and that?s about it,? Darbyshire said.Neither team had much power at the plate; ...

WAPELLO ? The Winfield-Mt. Union/WACO baseball team struggled to get their bats going in Wapello last night and fell to the Indians, 6-0.None of the Wolves? hitters had more than one hit, and no one hit for extra bases against Wapello pitcher Gabe Carpenter.Andrew Roller was on the mound for W-MU/WACO in the loss.Wapello scored one run in the first inning, three in the second, one in the third and one in the ...

Friday? Mt. Pleasant softball at Mt. Vernon Tournament.? New London softball at Mid-Prairie Tournament.? New London baseball at Holy Trinity in West Point, JV starts at 5:30 p.m. with varsity to follow.? W-MU/WACO baseball vs. Lone Tree, JV starts at 5:30 p.m. with varsity to follow.? WACO softball vs. W-MU, in Wayland, JV starts at 5:30 p.m. with varsity to follow. Saturday? New London softball at ...

Wapello 7W-MU 3Katelyn McArtor accounted for two of the Wolves? three hits in their contest at Wapello on Tuesday night. The W-MU catcher also scored a run in the game. Overall, the Wolves did not have enough offense for a win, while the Arrows came up with eight hits for seven runs (five earned) and claimed the victory. Pekin 5WACO 3The Warriors gave Pekin a better contest this time around. Last time the ...

BaseballNorth Scott 10, 1Mt. Pleasant 7, 0The Panthers scored seven runs on 12 hits but allowed 10 runs in game one at North Scott, falling short of a win despite a strong offenseive effort. Jordan Meyer pitched a gem but had no run support in the nightcap. SoftballPekin 4New London 3The Tigers fell just short of victory in their third straight road game of the week.

NEW LONDON ? The Tigers came up with a pair of wins, 4-3 and 8-4, in Thursday night softball against Van Buren.In the opener, the teams took turns putting one run at a time on the board, resulting in a tie score 3-3, at the end of the seventh inning, which sent the contest into extra frames. It was the New London girls who took the win with a run in the bottom of the eighth.In the nightcap, however, the Tigers ...

Districts for postseason baseball have been assigned: the New London baseball team is in Class 1A District 8, while Winfield-Mt. Union/WACO will play in Class 2A District 9.The Tigers are joined by eight other teams: Danville, Highland, Holy Trinity Catholic, Iowa Mennonite School, Lisbon, Lone Tree, Notre Dame and West Burlington.The host sites for district competition are Danville and Highland (Riverside). ...

W-MU 2, 7IMS 3, 3The Wolves dropped a 10-inning game by a narrow margin, despite being out-hit, 11-3. In the nightcap, however, their bats came alive. Paige Breon and Shelby Therme were each 2-4 in the second contest, and Therme, McArtor and Jamison each hit a double, leading the Wolves to a win. WACO 6, 0Wapello 3, 3After Wapello scored a couple early runs, the Warriors worked hard in the middle innings to ...

Friday? Mt. Pleasant softball vs. Burlington, JV starts at 5:30 p.m. with varsity to follow.? Mt. Pleasant baseball vs. Ottumwa, JV starts at 5:30 p.m. with varsity to follow.? New London baseball at Van Buren, JV starts at 5:30 p.m. with varsity to follow.? W-MU/WACO baseball at Iowa Mennonite School in Kalona, JV starts at 5:30 p.m. with varsity to follow. Saturday? Mt. Pleasant and New London softball ...

The Mt. Pleasant baseball team has been assigned to Substate 5 and named a district tournament host.There are eight teams in Substate 5, which will be divided into two, four-team districts. District pairings will be announced the week of July 2.Joining the Panthers in Substate 5 are familiar SEC teams ? Fairfield, Ft. Madison, Keokuk and Washington ? along with Grinnell, Oskaloosa and Williamsburg. Oskaloosa ...